Dr. John L. Strother is in charge of
Compositae (Asteraceae) in University Herbarium (and curates the comps in JEPS
as well). He also participates in matters concerning curation of other
seed-plant collections and in public-service plant identifications for campus,
municipal, state, and federal agencies, as well as for private and public
institutions and universities.

In recent years, Dr. Strother's main
research efforts have been dedicated to two large-scale undertakings:

1. Production of a treatment
of Compositae for a flora of Chiapas, Mexico. Chiapas is a floristically rich
region that is poorly known and clearly in need of botanical expertise. Dr.
Strother is treating all of the Compositae (ca. 200 genera, ca. 600 species)
for the project. He has published a major part of the project (82 genera, 226
species, as: 1999. Compositae - Heliantheae s.l. Fl. Chiapas. Part 5. California
Academy of Sciences).

2. Production of treatments
(descriptions, keys, discussions) of genera and species of Compositae for the
Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNANM). In addition to his general
coördination of treatments as one of three taxon-editors for Compositae, as a
contributor to the flora, Dr. Strother wrote treatments for 119 genera (401
species) and co-wrote treatments of 23 genera (118 species). Most of the work
was specimen-based and was done with collections housed here in JEPS and UC. In
connection with preparation of treatments for FNANM, Dr. Strother visited
herbaria housed at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT, SMU, and
VDB), at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS and DS), and at the University
of Texas (LL and TEX). Dr. Strother is also on the Editorial Committee for the
whole of FNANM and contributes to the editing of all volumes of the flora.

Flora
of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 23. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae
(in part): Cyperaceae, eds. Flora of North America Editorial Committee.
New York: Oxford University Press. [member of the Editorial Committee]

Flora
of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae:
Liliales and Orchidales, eds. Flora of North America Editorial Committee.
New York: Oxford University Press. [member of the Editorial Committee]

Flora
of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 25. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae
(in part): Poaceae, part 2. eds. Flora of North America Editorial
Committee. New York: Oxford University Press. [member of the Editorial
Committee]

Flora
of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 4. Magnoliophyta:
Caryophyllidae, part 1. Caryophyllales, part 1. eds. Flora of North
America Editorial Committee. New York: Oxford University Press. [member of the
Editorial Committee]